Core North American Dividend Split Corp. - MRRS Decision

Headnote

Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications -- exemption from National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure granted to permit a fund that uses specified derivatives to calculate its NAV weekly subject to certain conditions -- relief needed from the requirement that an investment fund that uses specified derivatives must calculate its NAV daily.

Applicable Legislative Provisions

National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure, ss. 14.2(3)(b), 17.1.

March 1, 2007

IN THE MATTER OF

THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF

BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN,

MANITOBA, ONTARIO, QUÉBEC, NOVA SCOTIA,

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR (the "Jurisdictions")

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

THE MUTUAL RELIANCE REVIEW SYSTEM

FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF APPLICATIONS

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

CORE NORTH AMERICAN DIVIDEND SPLIT CORP.

(the "Filer")

MRRS DECISION DOCUMENT

Background

The local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the "Decision Maker") in each of the Jurisdictions has received an application from the Filer for a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdictions (the "Legislation") for an exemption from the requirement contained in section 14.2(3)(b) of National Instrument 81-106 -- Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure ("NI 81-106") to calculate net asset value ("NAV") at least once every business day (the "Requested Relief").

Under the Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications

(a) the Ontario Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application, and

(b) this MRRS decision document evidences the decision of each Decision Maker.

Interpretation

Defined terms contained in National Instrument 14-101 - Definitions have the same meaning in this decision unless they are defined in this decision.

Representations

This decision is based on the following facts represented by the Filer:

The Filer

1. The Filer is a mutual fund corporation established under the laws of Ontario. The Filer's promoter and investment manager is Mulvihill Capital Management Inc. ("MCM"), and its manager is Mulvihill Fund Services Inc. (the "Manager"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MCM. The head office of the Manager is located in the province of Ontario.

The Offering

2. The Filer will make an offering (the "Offering") to the public of class A shares (the "Class A Shares") and preferred shares (the "Preferred Shares") (collectively, the "Shares") in each of the provinces of Canada. A unit will consist of one Class A Share and one Preferred Share (a "Unit").

3. A preliminary prospectus for the Filer dated January 26, 2007 (the "Preliminary Prospectus") has been filed with the securities regulatory authority in each of the Provinces of Canada.

4. The Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares are expected to be listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"). An application requesting conditional listing approval has been made by the Filer to the TSX.

5. The Offering of the Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares by the Filer is a one-time offering and the Filer will not continuously distribute the Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares.

The Shares

6. The Filer's objectives in respect of the Class A Shares are: (i) to provide holders of Class A Shares with monthly cash distributions in an amount targeted to be 6.00% per annum on the NAV of the Class A Shares; and (ii) to preserve and grow the NAV per Unit.

7. The Filer's objectives in respect of the Preferred Shares are: (i) to provide holders of Preferred Shares with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions in the amount of $0.125 per Preferred Share ($0.50 per year) representing a yield on the issue price of the Preferred Shares of 5.00% per annum; and (ii) to return the original issue price of $10.00 per Preferred Share to holders of Preferred Shares at the time of redemption of such shares on June 30, 2014.

8. The net proceeds from the Offering will be invested in a blue-chip portfolio consisting of large capitalization, dividend-paying North American companies from across multiple industry sectors that have strong fundamentals and excellent long-term track records of earnings growth, dividend growth and share price appreciation (the "Portfolio").

9. The Filer will generally invest not less than 3% and not more than 8% of the Filer's net assets in each of the issuers in the Portfolio. In addition, up to 15% of the NAV of the Filer may be invested in publicly-traded equity securities of other issuers that MCM believes are consistent with the Filer's investment objectives.

10. To generate additional distributable income for the Filer, the Filer may from time to time write covered call options in respect of all or part of the securities in the Portfolio.

11. The Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares may be surrendered for retraction at any time and will be retracted on a monthly basis on the last business day of each month (a "Retraction Date"), provided such shares are surrendered for retraction not less than 10 business days prior to the Retraction Date. The Filer will make payment for any shares retracted within 15 business days of the Retraction Date.

12. The retraction price for a Class A Share surrendered for retraction on a monthly basis will be equal to 95% of the difference between (i) the NAV per Unit determined as of the relevant Retraction Date, and (ii) the cost to the Filer of the purchase of a Preferred Share in the market for cancellation.

13. The retraction price for a Preferred Share surrendered for retraction on a monthly basis will be equal to 95% of the lesser of (i) the NAV per Unit determined as of the relevant Retraction Date less the cost to the Filer of the purchase of a Class A Share in the market for cancellation and (ii) $10.00.

14. Shareholders also have an annual retraction right under which they may concurrently retract an equal number of Class A Shares and Preferred Shares on the June Retraction Date in each year. The price paid by the Filer for such a concurrent retraction will be equal to the NAV per Unit calculated as of such date, less any costs associated with the retraction.

Calculation of NAV

15. Under clause 14.2(3)(b) of NI 81-106, an investment fund that is a reporting issuer is generally required to calculate the NAV per security of the fund on at least a weekly basis. Furthermore, an investment fund that uses or holds specified derivatives, such as the Filer intends to do, must calculate its NAV per security on a daily basis.

16. The Filer proposes to calculate its NAV per Unit, per Class A Share and per Preferred Share on a weekly basis.

17. The Preliminary Prospectus discloses and the final prospectus will disclose that the NAV per Unit, per Class A Share and per Preferred Share will be made available to the public by the Manager on the Manager's website at www.mulvihill.com and will be available to the public upon request.

Decision

Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that provides the Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the decision has been met.

The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Requested Relief is granted provided that the prospectus of the Filer discloses:

(a) that the NAV calculation per Unit, per Class A Share and per Preferred Share is available to the public upon request;

(b) a toll-free number or website that the public can access to obtain the NAV calculation per Unit, per Class A Share and per Preferred Share;

for so long as:

(c) the Class A Shares and the Preferred Shares are listed on the TSX; and

(d) the Filer calculates its NAV per Unit, per Class A Share and per Preferred Share at least weekly.